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Games like Void War

If Void War is your kind of game, the closest matches are FTL: Faster Than Light, Corpoct and Crying Suns — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and dark. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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Void War is a real-time spaceship roguelike released in 2025 by Tundra, combining strategy, simulation, and RPG elements. Players command ancient starships through procedurally generated campaigns, managing crew combat, boarding actions, and combo-based combat systems against cultists, pirates, and Imperial forces. The game features 100 unique ships with distinct playstyles and 17 commanders whose abilities integrate naturally into ship builds. Players describe the experience as immersive and hypnotic, while reviewers highlight how commanders create natural synergy with different vessels. The 94% positive rating from 2876 Steam reviews reflects an addictive roguelike loop that supports massive play sessions. Void War runs at $19.99 and is playable on Steam Deck, with a reputation for challenging gameplay and substantial replay value.

About Void War: Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.

2025StrategyIndieAdventureSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Tundra
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100 unique ships with distinct playstyles17 commanders with natural synergy to shipsActive dev support and welcoming communityAtmosphericChallengingDark

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Steam players who put hours into Void War also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. FTL: Faster Than Light

    WHY THIS

    Shares ship customization and an immersive mood with Void War.

    Top pick for Void War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Void War.

    This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

    2012StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Corpoct

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Void War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Void War.

    Test your wits as well as your ability to lead an expedition in this deep space dungeon-crawler. Hire the best heroes and villains of the galaxy. Find unknown planets in uncharted space. Start small, plan big and get a fleet of warships capable enough to rival most fearsome enemies.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Crying Suns

    WHY THIS

    Shares ship customization and an atmospheric mood with Void War.

    Third-strongest match for Void War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Void War.

    Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.

    2019StrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Heat Signature

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Void War.

    Ranked #4 for Void War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Void War.

    Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Trigon: Space Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares crew management, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Void War.

    Ranked #5 for Void War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Void War.

    Trigon: Space Story sees you take command of your very own spaceship. Carry out tactical battles, defend your vessel against space pirates, and escape from enemy territory. On your voyages, you’ll face a slew of tricky decisions in your quest to uncover the mystery of the galaxy.

    2022StrategySimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Shortest Trip to Earth

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Void War.

    Ranked #6 for Void War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Void War.

    Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie25.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Astronaut: The Best

    WHY THIS

    Shares meta progression and a challenging mood with Void War.

    Ranked #7 for Void War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Void War.

    Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure where people aren't just numbers: they're screwups. You must run a proper space academy using lies, witchcraft, and/or hard work. Guide cadets through a roguelite web of scandals and challenges, or the government will have you killed.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. LONESTAR

    WHY THIS

    Shares ship customization and an atmospheric mood with Void War.

    Ranked #8 for Void War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Void War.

    LONESTAR is a strategic Roguelike spaceship deckbuilder. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain rewards and vacations. Find treasures, customize spaceships, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Void War

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Void War.

    Reviewers of Void War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Void War.

    Red Alert 3: Uprising features four new mini-campaigns, giving players a deeper dive into the storyline's of the Soviets, the Allies, the Empire of the Rising Sun and a unique campaign centered on the origins of everyone’s favorite psionic Japanese schoolgirl commando, Yuriko Omega.

    2009ActionStrategyFree To PlayDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Void War.

    Reviewers of Void War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Void War.

    SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.

    2015IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares faction politics, procedural generation and an immersive mood with Void War.

    Reviewers of Void War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Void War.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Void War.

    Reviewers of Void War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with Void War.

    Embody the superhuman skill and brutality of a Space Marine. Unleash deadly abilities and devastating weaponry to obliterate the relentless Tyranid swarms. Defend the Imperium in spectacular third-person action in solo or multiplayer modes.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike

    WHY THIS

    Shares difficulty scaling and combo based combat with Void War.

    Reviewers of Void War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Void War.

    A coin-pushing dopamine machine. RACCOIN is a roguelike deckbuilder where you combine special coins with powerful items to trigger wildly satisfying combos. Stack shiny towers, spin the lucky wheel, and shake the machine until all the coins drop.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Void War at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Void War on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Void War.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Void War on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Void War.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Void War on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Void War.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Void War on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Void War.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Void War on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Void War.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Void War on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Void War.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Void War on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Void War.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Void War on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Void War.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Void War.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Void War.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Void War.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Void War.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Void War.

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Void War.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Void War.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Void War.

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Void War

Does Void War run on Steam Deck?
Void War is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Void War cost?
Void War is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Void War?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Void War are FTL: Faster Than Light, Corpoct, Crying Suns.
Who developed Void War?
Void War was developed by Tundra.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Void War.

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